'Unprecedented' Sentence For Chinese Academic

By Mark Stone, Asia Correspondent, in Beijing A Chinese economics professor has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of "separatism" at a court in China. Ilham Tohti, the country's most prominent Uighur Muslim scholar, was...

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2,000 UK Troops In 'Laser Quest Plus' Battle

The Army has kicked off its biggest training exercise of the year, with thousands of soldiers embroiled in a simulated battle using laser guns. Half of the troops are fighting as Britain, others as insurgents Hundreds of tanks and vehicles are also...

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New iPhone Selling For Thousands In China

Apple iPhone 6 UK Launch Was 'PR Masterclass' Updated: 9:59pm UK, Friday 19 September 2014 By Richard Suchet, Sky Reporter I have an iPhone 5. The one without fingerprint recognition. I can't remember if that's the 5c or the 5s. The camera has...

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Worst 'Torture Tools' Sold By China Revealed

By Mark Stone, Asia Correspondent, in Beijing China is facing calls to ban the sale of "torture tools" which Chinese manufacturers are producing in increasing numbers. According to a report by Amnesty International and Omega Research Foundation,...

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Al Qaeda Veterans Targeted In Syria Airstrikes

Hitherto obscure, they fell firmly into American gun sight in the first salvoes of the attack by coalition forces inside Syria. They are the Khorasan Group - al Qaeda veterans allegedly planning attacks against the West. Led by Musin al Fadhli, a 33-year-old...

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India Holds Its Breath As Orbiter Nears Mars

India is on course to become the first nation to conduct a successful Mars mission at its first attempt. If the Mars Orbiter Mission, nicknamed MOM, goes as planned, the country will join the US, Russia and Europe in the elite club of Martian explorers....

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Israel Kills Suspects In Jewish Teen Murders

Israeli troops have killed two Palestinians suspected of murdering three Jewish teenagers. A gunfight took place after soldiers surrounded a house in the West Bank during a dawn raid, the Israeli military said. Hamas activists Amer Abu Aisheh, 33,...

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Israeli Missile Shoots Down Syrian Fighter Jet

Israel says it has shot down a Syrian fighter jet over its airspace - the first such incident in more than 30 years. The aircraft was hit by a Patriot missile while trying to "infiltrate" the Quneitra area of the Golan Heights, the Israeli...

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NHS Staff Volunteer To Help In Ebola Battle

Ex-NHS Nurse Tests Experimental Ebola Vaccine Updated: 9:07am UK, Thursday 18 September 2014 By Thomas Moore, Health & Science Correspondent A former NHS nurse has become the first person to be injected with an experimental ebola vaccine....

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Obama: 'This Is Not America's Fight Alone'

President Barack Obama has pledged to keep building an international coalition to defeat Islamic State militants, hours after the US and five Arab nations launched airstrikes against the group in Syria. "America is proud to stand shoulder to shoulder...

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